Electric rates will increase for customers of Connecticut Light & Power Co. on Jan. 1, state and utility officials said Friday.

The complete final package of rates will not be formally approved by state utility regulators until Monday, but the average customer of CL&P is expected to see an overall increase of about $15.64 per month.

The bulk of the increase for CL&P residential customers results from an increase in the standard service generation rate, which is charged to customers who have not chosen an alternate power supplier. The standard service rate for CL&P residential customers will rise to 9.2 cents per kilowatt hour, or kwh, a 21 percent increase from the current 7.6 cents per kwh. The increase is for rates from Jan. 1 through June 30, 2014.

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